Spiral puttee



Apr. 24, 1923.

H. M. FOXON SPIRAL PUTTE Filed Sept. 28 1922 .B2/SMPTE@ E v HORACE M. FOXON, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSTGNOR TO LAPWORTH i WEBBING- COMPANY,OF STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

, srrnar. PUTTEE.

Application filed September 28, 1922. Serial No. 591,173.

T all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Hormon. M. Ferron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Spiral Puttee, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a puttee adapted to be used for military uses and for traveling, camping' and the like. The ordinary puttee, that is, a puttee of the so-called lspiral kind, is wound around the ankle and leg 'and is fastened at the top. On account of the unyielding nature of the material it binds the leg after awhile, decreases the circulation, and becomes uncomfortable. lif wound loosely enough to avoid these ditiiculties, it is ditcult to secure it effectively-so that it will retain its position.

The vprincipal object of this invention is to provide a spiral puttee of such a character that it will not have either of'these defects. I accomplish this by making the body of the puttee of a textile material which will be capable of stretching longitudinally but not laterally.

Reference vis to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. l is a side view of a yputtee constructed in accordance with this invention, shown in position on the leg;

F ig. 2 is a full size View of the end of such a puttee;

F ig. 3 is a. similar View showing the same stretched out to its limit, and

Fig.. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. i Y Y l form the puttee of a single long strip 9 of woven fabric having longitudinal elastic threads 10 woven in as warp threads, spaced equal distances apart across'it, and woven in ay stretched condition so that when the fabricis taken oft' the loom, these threads will contract and the' cloth between them will be puckered up'or shirred so as to forni a fabric 'having considerably greater thickness than the stretched fabric. The edges are finished by weaving a selvage in the usual way and one end of the puttee is formed by making a hem across it. The other end is formed V-shape by folding over the twol corners ll to meet at the center and a non-elastic strap 1Q is sewn over these'raw edges to hide them and X the strapy to the end of the puttee. This strap extends from its center a. sufficient distance to permit of its being used as the ordinary strap.

In use, the .puttee is placed in position in the usual -way and wound around, as shown in Fig. 1, all the way to the top'. Here the 60 strap is used forI fastening it inthe manner that has been common heretofore. This puttee is not only soft and pliable but it is capable of stretching longitudinally so it can be laid on the surface with anydesired degree of tightness and yet, unless stretched to its limit, will not bind the limb and cause any stoppage of circulation through it. It

is lightand comfortable and also porous, especially when a little stretched, yet it accomplishes all the objects of the ordinary puttee and avoids the uncomfortable features above mentioned.

y Although I have illustrated and described only a singleform of the invention, I am aware of the fact that'inoditications can be made therein by any person skilled yin the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claim. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited toall the so details of construction herein shown and Adescribed but what I do claim is z*` As an article of manufacture, a woven puttee in which elastic warpy threads are woven in it in a stretched condition and spaced at distances apart all the way across the fabric, whereby when the tension is removed these warp threads will contract and gather or shirr the rest of the fabric up between them, said puttee being transversely non-elastic.

-In testimony whereof have hereunto affixed my signature.

y HORACE-M. FOXON. 

